--global for bootstrap.sh

20 May 2009


      I'm not sure whether this will have the desired effect in all
  cases; however, it works for me. I've long desired a
  `--global` installation for cabal and this seems to at least
  get the bootstrap right.

--
Jason Dusek


diff -rN old-cabal-install/bootstrap.sh new-cabal-install/bootstrap.sh
20a21,38
...
SCOPE_OF_INSTALLATION="--user"
for arg in $*
do
  case "${arg}" in
    "--user")
      SCOPE_OF_INSTALLATION=${arg}
      shift;;
    "--global")
      SCOPE_OF_INSTALLATION=${arg}
      PREFIX="/usr/local"
      shift;;
    *)
      echo "Unknown argument or option, quitting.\n  ${arg}"
      exit;;
  esac
done
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<   ./Setup configure --user "--prefix=${PREFIX}" \

...
./Setup configure ${SCOPE_OF_INSTALLATION} "--prefix=${PREFIX}" \